CHANDLER RETURNS TO LEAD WAVERLY'S EFFORTS AT SMALL SCHOOL OPEN INVITATIONAL
By: Tim Birney | WaverlyAthletics.com | February 1, 2020 | Photo courtesy Chela Bubniak
By: Tim Birney | WaverlyAthletics.com | February 1, 2020 | Photo courtesy Chela Bubniak
CORTLAND — Waverly senior Isaac Chandler returned to action after missing more than a month with an injury, and made an immediate impact at the Section IV Small School Open Track & Field Invitational here Saturday evening at SUNY Cortland.
Chandler, who set the school indoor record with a vault of 15-feet in his last action on Dec. 15, won the pole vault Saturday, clearing the bar at 14-feet.
Junior Collin Wright finished second in the 3,200-meter run in a time of 10:20.6, and sophomore Gavin Schillmoeller was 19th in 13:17.05. Wright also finished fourth in the 1,600-meter run in a time of 4:54.45, and sophomore Nate Ackley was ninth in 5:00.23.
Senior Cora Smith was second in the 3,000-meter run in a time of 10:56.63. Smith was fifth in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 5:16.24, and senior Elizabeth Fritzen was seventh in 5:19.13.
Fritzen finished third in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 3:17.05, and senior Paige Ackley was 12th in 3:35.58.
Eighth-grader Ralph Johnson finished sixth in the 55-meter dash in a time of 6.94 seconds. Johnson finished eighth in the 300-meter dash in 39.14 seconds, and sophomore Sam VanDyke was 17th in 40.45 seconds.
Senior Alyssa Simonetti finished sixth in the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 9.84 seconds, and senior Marissa Eisenhower was sixth in the shot put with a heave of 31-feet, 2 /12 inches.
Junior Jayden Rose finished ninth in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 2:51.14, and junior Skyler Dengler was 10th in the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 10.0 seconds.
Sophomore Emily Tully was 14th in the high jump at 4-feet.
Senior Brandon Bubniak finished 16th in the 600-meter run in a time of 1:35.87.
VanDyke finished 21st in the long jump with a leap of 16-feet, 4-inches.
Eighth-grader Elizabeth Vaughn finished 21st in the 600-meter run in a time of 2:01.82.
Waverly returns to action Feb. 15 at the Section IV State Qualifier at Cornell University.
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